As for the Pinkertons themselves, these former union-busting mercenaries of old are not only alive and well, they appear to have been repurposed into a nightmarish data-driven geek squad. (An Amazon spokesperson acknowledged that the company hired the Pinkertons, but told Motherboard that those workers were used “to secure high-value shipments in transit.” “We do not use our partners to gather intelligence on warehouse workers,” the spokesperson said. “All activities we undertake are fully in line with local laws and conducted with the full knowledge and support of local authorities.")Stay up-to-date with theTeen Voguepolitics team.Sign up for theTeen VogueTake!In “the agency was simultaneously a tool for capital, a myth in American folklore, and a manifestation of state power.” Anarchist writer and labor organizerLucy Parsonsput it more bluntly, writing in1886 reports that a number of the advertisers did just that. to end the burden of $1.7 trillion in loans for 44 million Americans. Congressional Democrats